^ abcdeEuropean Plain at the Encyclopædia Britannica "Extending from eastern Poland through the entire European Russia to the Ural Mountaina, the East European Plain encompasses all of the Baltic states and Belarus, nearly all of Ukraine, and much of the European portion of Russia and reaches north into Finland." — Britannica.
^Podwysocki, Melvin H.; Earle, Janet L., eds. (1979). Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Basement Tectonics. Basement Tectonics Committee. p. 379.
^ abJohn F. Hoffecker (2002). Desolate Landscapes: Ice-Age Settlement in Eastern Europe. Rutgers University Press. pp. 15–21. ISBN0813529921. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
^Marshall Cavendish (2010). World and Its Peoples. Volume 8 of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland. p. 1014. ISBN978-0761478966. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
^Bolesław Augustowski Wielkie regiony naturalne Europy w: Antoni Wrzosek (red.) Geografia Powszechna. Tom III. Europa (bez ZSRR), Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Warszawa 1965
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east, european, plain, also, called, russian, plain, historically, sarmatic, plain, vast, interior, plain, extending, east, north, european, plain, comprising, several, plateaus, stretching, roughly, from, degrees, longitude, eastward, includes, volhynian, pod. The East European Plain also called the Russian Plain 1 or historically the Sarmatic Plain 2 is a vast interior plain extending east of the North European Plain 3 and comprising several plateaus stretching roughly from 25 degrees longitude eastward It includes Volhynian Podolian Upland on its westernmost fringe the Central Russian Upland and on the eastern border encompasses the Volga Upland The plain includes also a series of major river basins such as the Dnepr Basin the Oka Don Lowland and the Volga Basin At the southeastern point of the East European Plain are the Caucasus and Crimean mountain ranges 3 Together with the North European Plain covering much of Belgium the Netherlands Denmark Germany and Poland and covering the Baltic states Estonia Latvia and Lithuania European Russia Belarus Ukraine Moldova southeastern Romania and at its southernmost point the Danubian Plain in Northern Bulgaria including Ludogorie and Southern Dobruja it constitutes the majority of the Great European Plain European Plain the greatest mountain free part of the European landscape 4 The plain spans approximately 4 000 000 km2 2 000 000 sq mi and averages about 170 m 560 ft in elevation The highest point of the plain located in the Valdai Hills is 346 9 metres 1 138 1 ft citation needed Approximate extent of the East European Plain 5 Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Regional subdivisions 3 Other major landforms 4 Largest rivers 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksBoundaries editWest Baltic Sea Oder citation needed and Lusatian Neisse Sudetenland citation needed Carpathians citation needed Outer Western Carpathians Outer Eastern Carpathians Southern Carpathians Serbian Carpathians citation needed South Balkan Mountains Black Sea Crimean Mountains Caucasus The Caspian Sea and the Sea of Azov Ustyurt Plateau East Ural Mountains and Turan Depression North White Sea Barents Sea Kara Sea Scandinavian Mountains Regional subdivisions editBelarus Belarusian Ridge Polesia Belarus Ukraine Bulgaria Danubian Plain Bulgaria southern portion of the Lower Danubian Plane Estonia 1 Kazakhstan European part Latvia 1 Lithuania 1 Poland 1 Roztocze Mazovian Lowland citation needed Romania Moldova Moldavian Plateau Moldova Romania Ukraine Wallachian Plain northern portion of the Lower Danubian Plane Russia European part Timan Ridge Northern Ridge Uvaly Mari Depression Valdai Hills Smolensk Moscow Upland Russia Belarus Central Russian Upland Russia Ukraine Oka Don Lowland Volga Upland Obshchy Syrt Caspian Depression Ukraine Sian Lowland Volhynian Podolian Upland Podolian Plateau Polesian Lowland Dnieper Upland Kyiv Mountains Central Upland Black Sea Lowland Azov Upland Donets RidgeOther major landforms editThe following major landform features are within the East European Plain listed generally from north to south North Russian Lowlands Baltic Uplands citation needed Belarusian Ridge Kuma Manych Depression Bugulma Belebey Upland Vyatskie UvalyLargest rivers editVolga River Danube citation needed Ural River Vistula citation needed Dnieper River Don River Russia Pechora River Kama River Oka River Belaya River Daugava Neman River Pregolya RiverSee also editWest Siberian Plain the other major plain of Russia Explorers of Siberia Great Russian RegionsReferences edit a b c d e European Plain at the Encyclopaedia Britannica Extending from eastern Poland through the entire European Russia to the Ural Mountaina the East European Plain encompasses all of the Baltic states and Belarus nearly all of Ukraine and much of the European portion of Russia and reaches north into Finland Britannica Podwysocki Melvin H Earle Janet L eds 1979 Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Basement Tectonics Basement Tectonics Committee p 379 a b John F Hoffecker 2002 Desolate Landscapes Ice Age Settlement in Eastern Europe Rutgers University Press pp 15 21 ISBN 0813529921 Retrieved 17 May 2014 Marshall Cavendish 2010 World and Its Peoples Volume 8 of Estonia Latvia Lithuania and Poland p 1014 ISBN 978 0761478966 Retrieved 17 May 2014 Boleslaw Augustowski Wielkie regiony naturalne Europy w Antoni Wrzosek red Geografia Powszechna Tom III Europa bez ZSRR Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe Warszawa 1965External links edit nbsp Media related to East European Plain at Wikimedia Commons East European Plain at Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia East European Plain at Great Soviet Encyclopedia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title East European Plain amp oldid 1176164587, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
